(Not) Ministering Safely

There are many who consider that disturbances in the Church are inherently bad. An interesting article by Rev. Paul R. Smith considers that it is both healthy and Biblical for there to be cyclical disturbances -- and calamitous where one finds the wish for “terminal niceness”. And he backs it up. His article is here: Good Leaders Cause Trouble. OBSERVATION: Yet he balances this among other things by quoting Gordon McKenzie: The challenge is to “maintain a mindful balance between being a caretaker of what’s valuable in the status quo and risking it all to indulge in creative destruction that brings an overall benefit.” My personal view is that many ministers minister too much for their own safety, at the spiritual expense of the sheep, and the Church.